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Meeting the real-time synchronization requirements of multimedia in open distributed processing

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Meeting the real-time synchronization requirements of multimedia in open distributed processing. / Coulson, Geoffrey; Blair, Gordon.
In: Distributed Systems Engineering, Vol. 1, No. 3, 1992, p. 135-144.

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Coulson, G & Blair, G 1992, 'Meeting the real-time synchronization requirements of multimedia in open distributed processing', Distributed Systems Engineering, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 135-144. https://doi.org/10.1088/0967-1846/1/3/002

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Coulson, G., & Blair, G. (1992). Meeting the real-time synchronization requirements of multimedia in open distributed processing. Distributed Systems Engineering, 1(3), 135-144. https://doi.org/10.1088/0967-1846/1/3/002

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Coulson G, Blair G. Meeting the real-time synchronization requirements of multimedia in open distributed processing. Distributed Systems Engineering. 1992;1(3):135-144. doi: 10.1088/0967-1846/1/3/002

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Coulson, Geoffrey ; Blair, Gordon. / Meeting the real-time synchronization requirements of multimedia in open distributed processing. In: Distributed Systems Engineering. 1992 ; Vol. 1, No. 3. pp. 135-144.

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